The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-02-13
POINTS ABOUT THEMEMBERS
TOLD By THEMSELVES IN THE OFF,
CAL LKGISLAIIYE MANUAL.

yert1se the NOtaDAe F0tntS oil HIS HIS
tory-The Personal Information of In-
tersss Revealed in Their Writings.
(From Our Own Correspondent
TRENTON, Feb. 12.-Fltzgeralds Lsgis-
lative Manual has just been issued. The
appearance of Fitzgerald's Manual makes
an epoch in the Legislative year. 1t is
chiefly notable for its biogr ,phies Of the
members of the two Houses. These biog-
raphies are autobiographies for in its
pages, the good-natured compiler of the
book let's each Honorable gentleman make
extended notice Of the great events of his
career. Two or three years ago your cor
respondent called attention to the extrav-
agance of the self-praise some of these
gentlemen covered themselves with: and
sFitz' has made it point to tone down
their autobiographies since; and the man
ual he has just issued is unusually modest
and conservative in its sketches. There
is this time, more instruction than amuse-
ment in it, for those who care to know
what little there is to be known of our
State Solons. CHANGING through it the
other evening, | discovered some personal
points of interest concerning the m smbers
of the two Houses; and without any at
tempt at arrangement, have embodied
them in letter for your readers.
Gardner is the first of the Senator's
whose names appear in the book He is
also one Of the first of the Senators "a
point of brains and influence. He divides
with Griggs the leadership of the Republi
can legislative forces in Trenton, and is
now serving his tenth consecutive yeay of
more than creditable service 10 the Sem te.
Bogert comes from Hohokus. He never
came from any where else, for he has al
ways lived there, and all his ancestors too,
from a time that ante-dates the Reyolu-
ton. Carter of Burlington is a licensed
preacher-when he's not in Trenton;
that kind of thing would never go
down in this wicked town, and
he's only q Senator when he's here
Bakers biography leaves HIM, from
having been repeatedly driven out by
willy savages, but the reference is proba-
bly, to his ancestors. His latest distinc-
ton is that he beat Nichols ill one of the
strongest Republican counties in the State
Fish,-you'd never believe it il you knew
hira-isthe son of asdominie. He is-you'd
never believe that either if you didn't know
it-he is also President of the Senate. His
biography says nothing of his coming mar
rage to millionaire lady from the west
She is in the East now-Eurcpe, believe.
At least it was cablegram he sent to her
Announcing the fact that he had been made
President of the Senate. Panco ast's chief
claim to distinction seems to be, according
to the Manukl, that he has lived
in Gloucester since 1862. Edwards.
well, you all know him. The
State will know him too before long, for he
is destined to become a Democratic leader
in legislative circles. Little Mr.. Large OF
lawyer-s.by profession" Rue's cousin
is one of the most popular men iu
either House, but the Mlnual mod
estly abstains from saying it. Chase
gets as long a notice in the book
as the United States Senators do, and he
deserves it all. A man who has risen from
deck hand needs good deal of room to
tell how he got to be a Senator; and it is to
the Middlesex Senator's credit that he can
explain it all satisfactorily. Chattle has
been School Superintendent and bank
er.almost as impossible a accumulation as an
editor and a millionaire. Werts is the
handsome Democrat who turned Republi-
can Morris county over on little George
Jenkins Cranmer's blonde moustache re-
fleets the light of the fires that consum eel
his noble ancestor, tae famous Archbishop
Cranmer. Cranmer. readers of history will
remember, was burned at the stake-not
the Senator, but the Arch bishop. The
Senator will never be burned at the stake
for his principles. Thompson taught school
till he had chance to become milliner;
and then he became milliner Mcbride
is cd farmer by occupation and choice,"-
which is lucky for Mcbride. 1t isn't every
fellow who can be what be wants to be.
Some of these candidates for United States
Senator will see the philosophy of that oh.
before many weeks. Livingston
came to us from the hearts of the Adiron
dacks, and the record of the honorable
Senator from Warren shows decorous
course of behavior that forbids the sugges-
ton that he has ever been full NJ BON yet.
From the Assembly autobiographies we
learn that B 9ckwitb, the pugllistic Atlantic
is a hotel clerk with aspi-
rations toward the law. If he isn't little
more reserved he may find his hankering
after law grathed little sooner than he
expects. Hutchinson, of Burlington. is the
son of an ex- Senator. Stacy SCOTS Quaker
must have been of monumental |
The Manual assures us that |
ne Settleu on o,UVU acres, seventy acres /
are big enough to accommodate Stacy. Do |
ron has voted in Iowa, Nevada, California. |
Nebraska and Now Jersey. The Manual |
notes the singular fact that both Turley and |
Haines, who are contestlng for one of the !
seats, have been clerk of the town
ship in which the ballot box frauds are al /
legged to have occurred. Hildreth ia hotel I
proprietor. Lawrence, of Cumberland, is
the oldest member of the Legislature, AMI |
Matthews the youngest. Lawrence is nearly |
S. and Matthews is nearly 21-24 mean. |
Peck has been Freebooter in Essex county /
Tor twenty-four years. Crane studied law /
with "Aliunde 10 Bradley, and beat Gen. /
Ward, who ran for Assembly after declir-
Dg the Republican nomination for Cover